Arts & Entertainment Going Down (And Bringing A Camera) Underwater photographers of all skill levels are invited to the annual California Beach Dive Photo Competition (or CBDPC if you like tongue-twisters). For a $60 entry fee, aspiring Zissous can dive in, spend
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork: Get Mama Something Handmade We know you're inundated with craft fairs these days. And while we're not complaining either, once in a while we want something a little different, which is why we're excited about the Maven
misc The Examiner Trafficking In Rough Trade The previous picture was also a male midsection -- a torso clutching a dangling hammer, as a matter of fact. Is this the paper's way of getting us to read the classifieds? Sorry,
SF News Mystery Shelters Soon to be Glimpsed Muni's giving us the chance of a lifetime: come see the proposed new transit shelter designs! Y'see, we're going to be getting a revamp of our familiar domed-roof shelters, and Muni's in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to See the California Victory Take On Club Necaxa On Saturday, San Francisco's newest professional team, the California Victory played their home opener against Mexican First Division side Club Necaxa at Kezar Stadium. In pre-game ceremonies, Mayor's Liason to District 9 Alfredo
SF News You've Tangled With the Wrong Bike Rodeo This Time "We know who you are. You are dead meat," reads the poster at Atlas Cafe. Apparently, someone stole one of their bikes, but THEY'VE GOT YOUR GODDAMN NUMBER. Ooooh, lookout, they're going to
SF News Political Junkie: Conan O'Brien's Newsom Jokes! Do you guys think it's true that Gavin Newsom refused to do anything with Conan O'Brien when Conan was in town last week because his feelings were hurt by Conan's jokes about him?
SF News Walnuts McCain Goes To Google! From the Daily Show to the Googleplex -- Republican presidential hopeful Walnuts John McCain, struggling in the polls and in fundraising, gamely stopped by Mountain View yesterday afternoon for an hourlong forum with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Roller Derby Over the weekend, photographer Matt Cohen went to the Roller Derby to see the SF Bay Bombers vs Brooklyn Red Devils last weekend. These are the totally cool photos of the event. There
Arts & Entertainment It's Make It Work Time, People! Everybody's favorite Project Runway mentor is in the area on Friday and Saturday to promote his new book , which covers topics like: how to shop (broken down into designer, chain, and vintage), creating
SF News Maze Update: Faster Than The Chron Expected! Is anyone else deeply enjoying the tonal shift from hysteria to sulky that the Chron's bumper-to-bumper traffic coverage of the MacArthur Maze collapse has taken? From the "Monday Morning Commute Will Be Terrible!
SF News Barkley vs. the Bay Area We somehow missed this, or more like didn't care, but Charles Barkley has now become Public Enemy #1 here in the Bay Area. This is because during the NBA Playoffs, Barkley has said
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Stories From The SF Film Frontiers</i> The SF Int'l Film Festival isn't just about great national and international movies -- they've got music events, gala events, talks about the state of cinema, an online presence through SF360.com, and
SF News MacArthur Maze Collapses Update: 11:45 a.m.: Here's your roads: W-80 to S-880 is closed (from Berkeley to the Oakland airport). E-80 to E-580 is closed (from SF to Lake Merritt and Piedmont). Alternate routes:
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Critical Mass, April 2007 The rolling Rorschach test that is Critical Mass once again delighted and frustrated those in S.F. tonight. We saw pissed-off bus riders, but also a few delighted hotel guests. We saw some
SF News Massing for Mass This is all in response to last month's Mass which saw two stories of supposed bike mayhem, that being the poor, scared soccer mom trapped in her mini-van and the angry limo driver
Arts & Entertainment The Opening of the Bay Bridge Because we love all things historical, here's one of those old newsreels from 1937 about the opening of the Bay Bridge. We love the photos of the cars driving on the bridge.
SF News News Shocker: Muni Aware of its own Shortcomings In case you were wondering how Muni was going to explain the near-meltdown two weeks ago, look no further than the agenda for the April 25th meeting of the Citizen's Advisory Committee. (It's
SF News Chicken-Free At 4FQT You could tell Mayor Gavin Newsom came in expecting the full costumed brigade this morning at Fourth Fake Question Time-- we saw Gavin flinch when SFist Elaine saw him coming into the Excelsior
Arts & Entertainment Black Eyed Peas to the Rescue! You may be shocked -- SHOCKED -- to learn that sometimes, some of the people who come to the Castro for Halloween are not entirely well-behaved. Fortunately, after last year's shootings and stabbings,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes to the Grand National Rodeo at the Cow Palace Intrepid photographer Matt Cohen went to the Grand National Rodeo over the past week and took these amazing action photo of the event. Posted are some of the best. If you want to
SF News American Football Spectacular: Calendaring The Raiders' (Fraught) 2007 Regular Season iously, how can this be so? The Raiders -- owners of the worst record in the NFL last season at 2-14 -- have been saddled with the most difficult schedule in 2007? Huh-whaah?
SF News It's 4th Fake Question Time! : the mayor's office has announced the fourth installment of his traveling lecture series, or, as he prefers to call it "the town hall open meeting where the public is not actually permitted to
Arts & Entertainment Sister Easter, Oh the Time Has Come One of San Francisco's great traditions is the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's Easter Party in Dolores Park. The highlight of the event is a Hunky Jesus contest and thanks to SFist reader Joe,
SF News American Football Spectacular: Calendaring The 49ers' 2007 Regular Season Can QB Alex Smith continue significantly improving his play without Norv? Will all those nice offseason pick-ups gel into a usable 3-4 defense? Can RB Frank Gore's body continue to withstand the pounding
